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Thomas J. Curran

Partner at Duane Morris LLP

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LocationNew YorkUnited States
Current rolePartnerDuane Morris LLP · since Aug 2024
Government service7yrsDistrict Attorney’s Office

About

Thomas J. Curran is a highly experienced trial attorney and counselor. Mr. Currans practice encompasses a broad range of legal matters, including white-collar criminal defense, internal integrity reviews, risk assessment and management, regulatory compliance, and general business advice and litigation.

Mr. Curran provides forward-looking advice on the general business climate, including regulatory trends and tendencies. He has many years of experience representing corporations, entities and the people who lead them in internal investigations of sensitive matters that have entailed reassessing existing corporate policies and controls, advising senior corporate management and boards of directors in crisis and potential crisis management, and assisting corporations and entities in the navigation of governmental inquiries and evolving policies in a manner designed to assist in adapting the business model to changing regulatory environments. His clients include public companies, investment banks, broker-dealers, large private companies (including, especially, members of the construction industry), as well as individuals.

Mr. Curran assists clients in the response (including crisis management) and investigation of incidents of illicit prejudice at workplaces (including large industrial construction projects), and addressing all aspects of such improper conduct, including conducting investigations to identify the persons who engage in the biased conduct, dealing with law enforcement and the media, and formulating remedial and preventative strategies.

In addition to his many years in private practice, Mr. Curran also enjoyed a very successful legal career in the public sector. From 1995 through 2001, he served as an assistant district attorney under Robert M. Morgenthau, the District Attorney of New York County. As an ADA with the Career Criminal/Major Offense Program, Mr. Curran successfully prosecuted hundreds of serious felony cases with special emphasis on repeat violent felony offenders and large-scale larcenies. He also served as a member of the Frauds Bureau, where he supervised a long-term special grand jury investigation into fraud in the marketing of securities, coordinating this effort with parallel investigative efforts of federal prosecutors, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Securities and Exchange Commission, and various state and local authorities. Upon leaving the Manhattan DAs Office, he was fully experienced in all phases of the investigation, prosecution, and trial of complex white collar criminal cases, including the prosecution of a large securities broker-dealer for racketeering and securities fraud.

Mr. Curran is a 1989 graduate of Fordham University School of Law and a graduate of Georgetown University.

Roles

Aug 2024–Present
Current role

Partner

Duane Morris LLP

New York, New York

Civil LitigationInvestigationsWhite Collar CrimeCorporate Law
Sep 2009–Jul 2024
Former role

partner

Peckar & Abramson, P.C.

Civil LitigationWhite Collar CrimeCorporate Law
Jan 2005–Nov 2009
Former role

Partner

Ganfer & Shore LLP

Civil LitigationInvestigationsWhite Collar CrimeCorporate Law
Jan 2001–Nov 2005
Former role

Counsel to the Firm

Edwards & Angell LLP

Civil LitigationInvestigationsWhite Collar CrimeCorporate Law
Jan 1995–Nov 2001
Former role

Assistant District Attorney

District Attorney’s Office, New York County District Attorney’s Office

(appointed)New York

Civil LitigationInvestigationsWhite Collar CrimeCorporate Law
Jan 1993–Nov 1995
Former role

Associate

Kirkpatrick & Lockhart

Civil LitigationInvestigationsWhite Collar CrimeCorporate Law
Jan 1989–Nov 1993
Former role

Associate

Lord Day & Lord, Barrett Smith

Civil LitigationInvestigationsWhite Collar CrimeCorporate Law

Recognition

Honors

The Best Lawyers in America

March 2025

Listed in The Best Lawyers in America

New York Metro Super Lawyers

March 2025

Listed in New York Metro Super Lawyers

Publications & speeches

Managing the Risks of Carlos’ Law

Associated General Contractors (AGC) — New York

April 2023

“Managing the Risks of Carlos’ Law,” Associated General Contractors (AGC) New York State Seminar- New York, NY, May 2023

Managing the Risks of Carlos’ Law

Associated General Contractors (AGC) — Albany, NY

April 2023

“Managing the Risks of Carlos’ Law,” Associated General Contractors (AGC) New York State Seminar- Albany, NY, May 2023